NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

At the Millennium Villages Project, with the help of groups like Inveneo, we’ve been able to take advantage of the advent of low cost and low power computers, long range wifi-networks and, increasingly, GSM-based data to deliver ICT services in a much more affordable way. Fields like mHealth also suffers from “technocentricity”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

I’ve been noticing that I tend to get more engagement on technology posts than social engagement posts, although when I worked hard at stirring the pot, there have been a few productive conversations. The problem with Google + as it stands right now (and it will be changing) is that lack of community features and mainstream adoption.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

He warns us about getting seduced by Shiney Object Syndrome, a common problem where one does not have a target the audience precisely or use a multi-channel strategy - and just sets up a Facebook Cause or Fan Page. Not buying into social media/Facebook hype. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Taking part in Giving Tuesday can mean many different things—from participating in an organized service project to donating to a nonprofit to smiling at a stranger. You can solve this problem by choosing a more sustainable Giving Tuesday campaign idea—a recurring giving campaign. When did Giving Tuesday begin?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2006

A couple weeks ago, I did an interview for the NetSquared Podcast with Leda Dederich, the creator of the dotOrganize project, and co-author of the report "Online Technology For Social Change: From Struggle to Strategy." A lot of it was actually validating what we already knew, that there is a big problem out there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Her blog is filled with insightful pieces that cut through the hype of new technologies and often ask the hard probing questions that haven't been asked. I see a general desire to provide information and support for free - it's amazing how many responses people get on email lists to a specific problem that they are trying to solve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

been through the cycle a few times, hype and burn. broadcaster VRML world projects in 96 called the Mirror (BT, BBC and others). That's part of the problem - it is still a fairly steep learning curve to master SL and to really understand the potential you have to experience it. I also have been around this. easily represented.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The idea of using the Internet to aggregate a crowd to fund a project is a modern complement to, if not a full-on replacement for, traditional fundraising methods that are aging badly in the non-profit space. They want that personal connection to a specific project or outcome. They want to solve a problem.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2017

AI is a broad set of disciplines and technologies that perform tasks and solve problems once only possible by humans. A summer research project at Dartmouth College in the 1950s was pivotal in defining the field and casting a vision for the technologies that are today transforming our world.

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Qgiv

JUNE 27, 2023

Use Instagram Reels to hype up current campaigns and show off the important work your organization does. Celebrate Giving Days by sharing photos of your staff and current projects your nonprofit is working on. Announce upcoming events and campaigns , and send donation appeals through email to engage supporters with your projects.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2011

The project had some positive outcomes: we fixed an archaic registration and login process, and Facebook Connect kicked off a larger social media effort that is still paying dividends for VolunteerMatch today. Collect clear data on the impact of several distinct approaches to the problem you're trying to resolve.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

And that's where the opportunity--and the problem--begins. If the metaphor you are using as a basis for a design project is fundamentally different from a colleague's metaphor, you have a problem. and have productive working sessions to work out what the metaphor really means for your institution and your project.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 29, 2021

So you can kind of get them hyped up about your next event. So get them hyped about your upcoming event. She was our first contact if we had a problem. That was a fun project. If your goal is retention, you want them to sign up to participate in that next event. You’ve showed them their impact.

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